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Measurement & Attribution
First-Click Attribution
Giving 100% of conversion credit to the first recorded touchpoint.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
First-click attribution is a model that gives 100% of the credit for a conversion to the first recorded touchpoint in a customer's journey. It highlights the channels that introduce people to a brand, making it useful for evaluating awareness activity, but it ignores every later interaction that helped persuade the customer to convert.